The Most BIZARRE Detail in Star Wars

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  • @jacobshore5115
    @jacobshore5115 Před 2 lety +1443

    I like to imagine it as “Free Bolinas” and that’s the planet that pilot came from and it was brutally occupied by the empire, causing him to join the rebellion and fight for the freedom of his planet.

  • @LysimedVenteel
    @LysimedVenteel Před 2 lety +869

    I’d have seen the words “free bolinas” and assumed that bolinas was just a Star Wars planet occupied by the Empire.

    • @mihajlo961x
      @mihajlo961x Před 2 lety +16

      Exactly. In addition to Endor, Byblos is another planet in the galaxy that's inspired by a real-life city (Byblos is located in Lebanon, and is a beautiful place to visit). So, I think it fits well (and like that it's even the io, which is often used by tech firms and startups these days).

    • @thedarkestowl4224
      @thedarkestowl4224 Před 2 lety +27

      Maybe Bolinas WAS a planet..... until they were silenced by the Imperial FCC officers.... lol

    • @kurtpena5462
      @kurtpena5462 Před 2 lety +2

      I saw "The Most BIZARRE Detail in Star Wars" and thought the the video was about something interesting (but not really because the words STAR WARS are in the title.)

    • @fossilcrab
      @fossilcrab Před 2 lety +5

      @@kurtpena5462 hahah.. most trolling comment I’ve seen today. Well played sir!

    • @andrewmitcham8537
      @andrewmitcham8537 Před 2 lety +1

      @@kurtpena5462 Click bait to sell t-shits

  • @mr.headcrab31
    @mr.headcrab31 Před 2 lety +969

    No wonder the FCC shut down the station, their transmitter was so powerful it didn't just get to the bay area, but Yavin as well.
    Excellent sleuthing again, EC.

    • @euansmith3699
      @euansmith3699 Před 2 lety +49

      Vicrul, "Your signal has passed through a wormhole, and has been detected a long, long time ago, in a galaxy, far away. We have travelled here to request a song for our boss, Kylo; who is having some girl trouble at the moment. We'd like you to play "All Kinds of Everything" by Sinéad O'Connor and Terry Hall; to lift his spirits... You do not seem surprised by our presence?"
      Michael Refferty, "We had some guys swing by a few years back; from something called Grey Squadron. They requested a record, too; and they left with a bunch of our stickers; would you like some?"

    • @darthjekyll3648
      @darthjekyll3648 Před 2 lety +11

      @@euansmith3699 no Kyle Ren needs a new hit single for his concert at laser world. #bannatime

    • @AlexSDU
      @AlexSDU Před 2 lety +8

      So the FFC are Empire's agent

    • @albertagibinik3436
      @albertagibinik3436 Před 2 lety +4

      Also transmitted to a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away

    • @bkane573
      @bkane573 Před 2 lety +4

      You can’t stop the signal.

  • @AnthemAnimation
    @AnthemAnimation Před 2 lety +560

    My head canon is that “Radio Free Bolinas” was a rebel sympathizing holonet station/ broadcaster that got shut down by the empire, and the grey squadron pilots were either listeners, or even a part of the operation once

    • @rajingcajun488
      @rajingcajun488 Před 2 lety +40

      I like that idea. I feel like Chass na Chadic would also have one of those stickers since she’s probably the biggest music buff pilot in the alliance.

    • @ModernJedi83
      @ModernJedi83 Před 2 lety +28

      Excellent head cannon, could be a campaign for a star wars table top game. Or a back story for a PC, for why they joined the rebellion.

    • @acidcosmos2001
      @acidcosmos2001 Před 2 lety +17

      That's exactly where I was going. Could've even been old fashioned radio instead of the holonet to try to keep it secret

    • @spiritofthewolf15x
      @spiritofthewolf15x Před 2 lety +1

      Works for me

    • @danielboatright8887
      @danielboatright8887 Před 2 lety +7

      I came to say as much.
      And given the history E.C. uncovered, it would be even more fitting if radio free bolinas was a local range holonet station when in operation.

  • @garryame4008
    @garryame4008 Před 2 lety +533

    Man, a director's commentary-esque version of the original trilogy with this guy pointing out obscure details world be so great!

    • @jedileader0174
      @jedileader0174 Před 2 lety +21

      I'd watch that. Maybe call it EC Henry's easter egg commentary.

    • @isaiahsmith7123
      @isaiahsmith7123 Před 2 lety +8

      Add his commentary as extras to Harmys despecialized or the 4k masters, or Adywan respecialized and we are approaching nerdgasm levels of uncontainable joy

    • @isa0005
      @isa0005 Před 2 lety +2

      I'd watch the heck out of that!

    • @mihajlo961x
      @mihajlo961x Před 2 lety +6

      Even better: get Corey, Ecks, EC, and Star Wars Explained to do this together. It could be hours long!

    • @TheHighSpaceWizard
      @TheHighSpaceWizard Před 2 lety +1

      @@mihajlo961x Yes!!

  • @shinyagumon7015
    @shinyagumon7015 Před 2 lety +240

    Ok Headcanon time:
    Radio Free Bolinas was the name of an anti-imperial pirate station on the planet Bolinas, which Radio obviously referring to some kind of sub space Radio.
    They used this rather antiquated form of communication do to the Empires ever increasing grip on the Holonet. Founded by a former Senatorial aid named Rafitty it was intended to merely reach the people of Bolinas and give them access to unfiltered news free of imperial censorship.
    However the subspace signal turned out to be way stronger than anticipated and reached far wider, making it a favourite source of information of the Rebels. Who also created decals showing their support of RFB. Sadly that meant that the Empire also became aware of it and shut down the whole operation.

    • @flexa6254
      @flexa6254 Před 2 lety +26

      Thats exactly what i thought. Basically the same story, but the radio is anti imperial and these pilots just like and support it.

    • @diver_0128
      @diver_0128 Před 2 lety +19

      Great ideas! The Rogue One Visual Dictionary has some details about the decals on the rebel pilot helmets, and a lot of then refer to the pilots' homeplanets or units they were once a part of. Maybe some of the pilots in grey squadron were from Bolinas?
      I love these little background details, they're what makes the universe feel so real and rich

    • @MrChickennugget360
      @MrChickennugget360 Před 2 lety +10

      personally i don't think "radio" fits. In the movie they scratched out the "radio" and just had "free Bolinas" something scratched out for the three word term.
      I prefer to think that those pilots were part of an early Rebel Organization of pilots who joined the Rebellions' early on and their from Bolinas planetary militia and that when the Galactic Civil War broke out they joined the Rebels and became known as "Free Bolinas" This is where they got their Y-Wings from

  • @coltnichols4502
    @coltnichols4502 Před 2 lety +226

    I love finding out about these tiny details I've seen a thousand times but never noticed

  • @BrickVault
    @BrickVault Před 2 lety +296

    Grew up in the valley below Skywalker Ranch and used to camp out at Bolinas all the time. Always thought I was a big SW fan, but there is always something new to learn :)

    • @USSCYT
      @USSCYT Před 2 lety +2

      I used to be a huge fan of yall! Hi!

    • @colwarsstudiobrickfilmandm8580
      @colwarsstudiobrickfilmandm8580 Před 2 lety +1

      what a nice suprise seeing you here!

    • @zacd8387
      @zacd8387 Před 2 lety +1

      that is epic

    • @jasperbrown9245
      @jasperbrown9245 Před 2 lety +2

      Just started watching your vids a few weeks ago and am literally going to camp out at Bolinas tomorrow. Small world.

    • @sglenny001
      @sglenny001 Před 2 lety

      Fancy seeing you here

  • @white-dragon4424
    @white-dragon4424 Před 2 lety +108

    Sounds like they were trying to make "Bolinas" a planet, and the "Free" bit was supposed to mean to free the planet from the Empire.

  • @Outstralian
    @Outstralian Před 2 lety +128

    3:08 Utapau is a planet in the Star Wars prequels, possibly named after Utapao airbase in Thailand, used by the US Air Force as a base for B-52s during the Vietnam War. Considering Luca's influences, I doubt it's a coinidence!

    • @sevenoh70
      @sevenoh70 Před 2 lety +12

      Lucas always uses unfamiliar but real names and so they sound good - other writers always seem to come up with names that sound like anagrams or have too many Ks in them. The aliens always end up with names like K'krith

    • @ashleyhamman
      @ashleyhamman Před 2 lety +11

      Camino (Kamino in Star Wars) is also a pretty common name in California as it just means "road" in Spanish. There is a town in the mountains between the bay area and Lake Tahoe with the name, though I'd say it's more likely that the name came from "El Camino Real", which is a road that you can pretty much denote anything's location in the bay area from. If the latter is why it was chosen, it's neat that the name goes from something of a landmark, to an obscure point in the galaxy.

    • @waknbakn420
      @waknbakn420 Před 2 lety

      @@ashleyhamman el Camino real =the kings highway or something like that

    • @ashleyhamman
      @ashleyhamman Před 2 lety +1

      @@waknbakn420 I think it's "The Royal Road", and "Kings Highway" was a nickname given later on.

    • @captaindecade4705
      @captaindecade4705 Před 2 lety

      What about Coruscant referring to real-life place named Khorasan, Iran??

  • @TheJabbate1
    @TheJabbate1 Před 2 lety +79

    I imagine a “Pirate Radio/The Boat that Rocked” situation were The Bolinas was actually a starship that broadcasted banned music to lift the spirits of the oppressed.

    • @catfish552
      @catfish552 Před 2 lety +4

      I love it! That's going in the headcanon.

    • @princecharon
      @princecharon Před 2 lety +6

      OK, that's an idea that needs a fan-film (which sadly I lack the skill to make). The station offended the local Moff, or the Emperor, so much that a whole fleet was sent to kill this one little GR-75. Some of the members of Grey Squadron were survivors of the ship's escort flight.

    • @infinitespace2520
      @infinitespace2520 Před 2 lety +1

      @@princecharon Actually, to broadcast across the galaxy, it would need to be quite a big ship. I was thinking maybe a Victory 2 SD (that can easily be repurposed), or a Munificent class frigate (who had that feature previously installed)

  • @ACtheLegend
    @ACtheLegend Před 2 lety +18

    I think I've finally got to that point where "It's just a movie." is all the answer I need for this kind of thing.

  • @EgoEroTergum
    @EgoEroTergum Před 2 lety +89

    I too believe we should free the pirate planet of Bolinas from the clutches of the evil Empire.
    Grey Squadron agrees with me.

    • @jrggrop
      @jrggrop Před 2 lety +8

      Yeah, in universe, the easiest explanation is that Bolinas is the planet Grey Leader is from, and *obscured*-o Free Bolinas is a local resistance group he was part of.

  • @jedileader0174
    @jedileader0174 Před 2 lety +38

    I like the idea of it being an early mission Grey Squadron took. The Alliance got a distress call from a planet called Bolinas where there was a rebel movement against the Empire called something Free Bolinas. With Grey Squadron's help, they were able to push back the Empire and Grey Squadron put what we see on their helmets to remember that victory against the Empire.

    • @theapexsurvivor9538
      @theapexsurvivor9538 Před 2 lety

      Alternatively, make it a Cadia situation, where the planetary shields broke before the rebels did and they were slaughtered to a man. So ....io Free Bolinas could be something to remember why they fight. Maybe the grey squadron has a few who lost their loved ones to the Bolinas massacre and who are heavily affected by it, hence why they're so willing to hop in the cockpit for what would most likely be a suicide mission. The ....io could be something in Bolinian that means "forever" or "remember".

  • @fillervision3
    @fillervision3 Před 2 lety +39

    It's a good day when EC Henry uploads a forgotten lore video on the Star Wars films.

  • @salkjshaweoiuenvohvr
    @salkjshaweoiuenvohvr Před 2 lety +38

    Prop guy: "Aw man my buddy's radio station got pulled. I'm going to slap a sticker on a helmet to get the word out and see if I can sneak it into a movie!"
    -What probably happened

    • @glassfireactual9207
      @glassfireactual9207 Před 2 lety

      Thats a motorcycle helmet with its visor removed. The guys literally stick their head in there and wala!. Y wing helmet.

  • @danielsimmonds2507
    @danielsimmonds2507 Před 2 lety +34

    'Radio Free Bolinas (named for an archaic form of wireless communications) was an unauthorised entertainment station transmitting from a pre-Clone Wars communications relay on the moon that shared it's name. Unfortunately, it was shut down by the Empire a decade or so before the Battle of Yavin but it's name would live on in the decals worn by the many pilots who had tuned in during it's short life'
    Best I could put together in ten minutes...

    • @InventorZahran
      @InventorZahran Před 2 lety +3

      This reads like a Wikipedia article! Good job.

  • @Ryan-vi5mz
    @Ryan-vi5mz Před 2 lety +16

    I could watch a video of you counting every star in every frame of every Star Wars film and still be thoroughly entertained

  • @Doctor_17
    @Doctor_17 Před 2 lety +83

    If somehow the Bolinas helmets became Canon, I'd really want the story to echo what happened to the real life RFB station. Maybe something like this;
    A spy cell of the rebel alliance had set up a communications station outside of the galactic holonet that was ran by the Empire, and through that station they relayed hidden messages to other cells in a only a select handful of planets in the Bolinas star system. They were very careful to not allow the signal to go past that one system, but after accidentally/a sabotaged message transmitting a wide signal, it reached all the way to a neighbor system where there was a much heavier Imperial presence, the broadcast was detected, the Rebel cell was immediately set to flee the comms center that would be raided and destroyed by the Empire. A handful of them were in A-Wings, quickly escaping, and those pilots had helmets with the comms station logo painted on them that originally belonged to the denizens of that particular network station, who designed their logo with the High Galactic alphabet instead of standard Aurabesh.

    • @tux1468
      @tux1468 Před 2 lety +4

      Ooh, good idea for a backstory! Would also serve as a nice "take that" to the FCC by literally comparing them to the Empire.

    • @harbl99
      @harbl99 Před 2 lety +5

      "...and then the FCC came in with AT-ATs man! Typical heavyhanded feds, ya know."

    • @kevinpittman2517
      @kevinpittman2517 Před 2 lety +1

      why wouldnt they be canon... they are in the first film that started it all... cant get much more canon than that....

  • @voryndagothDL
    @voryndagothDL Před 2 lety +3

    Can I just say that I LOVE your channel to bits? You're one of the only youtubers (and definitely the only Star Wars-related channel aside from eckhartsladder) with such consistently high-quality and effort uploads. Every video of yours has been thoroughly entertaining, and insightful for me especially, as I'm an artist and writer with a passion for Star Wars fan content).
    Keep doing what you're doing man ^^

  • @pwnmeisterage
    @pwnmeisterage Před 2 lety +23

    It's easy enough to imagine an underground resistance radio/communications/logistics network (on the planet Bolinas).
    Something conceptionally similar to clandestine French or Polish resistance radio coordination during Nazi occupations.
    These Rebel pilots seem like grim folk. They fight for their worlds. But I doubt they'd fight for radio stations.

    • @Derpy-qg9hn
      @Derpy-qg9hn Před 2 lety

      I can see it; a beloved radio station could be a stern reminder of not just the big ol' planet, but the very town, family and neighbors someone fights to liberate.

  • @sebastianalvaradocolon5983

    In terms of storytelling, This logo could be the emblem of the Bolinas Rebels.
    Maybe Bolinas is a planet in the SW universe, and these 2 pilots come from that planet, and painted that logo on their helmets.
    I absolutely adore the Y wing helmet.

  • @LukasVos
    @LukasVos Před 2 lety +7

    Maybe Bolinas was a occupied city/state, and "free Bolinas" was part of a local rebellion. In regard of the "io" is the ending of an abbreviation. "[words missing] intelligence operations free Bolinas"

  • @luciusvorenus9445
    @luciusvorenus9445 Před 2 lety +3

    When the Star Wars props were touring the country a few years ago, I noticed a decal on the exterior top of the cockpit on the large Millennium Falcon model.
    A very small, probably 1/87 scale U.S. 1 highway sign decal.
    I also noticed on the lightsaber training ball Luke used in Star Wars, the silver indented discs were mag wheels off of muscle car models.

  • @WilhelmScreamer
    @WilhelmScreamer Před 2 lety +8

    This is the premium esoteric nonsense that justifies the Internet

  • @klubstompers
    @klubstompers Před 2 lety +3

    RFB, was a radio station in Bolinas CA, that was sending encrypted signals to the Jedi, threw the force, that was fronting as a local radio station. It was the imperials that actually shut them down, posing as the FCC.

  • @InventorZahran
    @InventorZahran Před 2 lety +3

    "This station is now the ultimate power in the universe. I suggest we use it..."
    -Radio Free Bolinas

  • @mattp1337
    @mattp1337 Před 2 lety +4

    If there was a Radio Free Bolinas in the Star Wars universe, it'd likely be broadcasting from a mobile transmitter. Therefore it makes perfect sense for its logo to appear on a pilot's helmet: this helmet was used by the pilots flying its transmitter.
    There's considerable room to interpret the scale and timing of the RFB: whether this was recently operational in the build up toward the confrontation at Endor, or whether it existed early in the consolidation of Imperial power, operated by a local cell around Bolinas that later merged with the galaxy-wide Rebel Alliance.
    Given the wear on the logo, it hasn't been an ongoing operation for some time, so it fits better with the idea of an early local cell. It also mirrors better the IRL lore of a station that was discovered and shut down by authorities years before ROTJ.

  • @troydurrer6075
    @troydurrer6075 Před 2 lety +2

    I'm so confused: no clickbait, no fake thumbnail, no ads, no sales pitch, no drawn out repetitive ramblings to stretch the video length... actual new, interesting, and informative content. I don't know how to process this yet but, in the meantime, you have earned a like and a new subscriber. MTFBWY

  • @mcseforsale
    @mcseforsale Před 2 lety +1

    This is one of the best finds EVER. Love that it shows you the ages of the prop guys when they were doing this movie. It's hilarious.

  • @vaelophisnyx9873
    @vaelophisnyx9873 Před 2 lety +5

    Ah the FCC, squashing the little guy with way too much power for no reason

    • @InventorZahran
      @InventorZahran Před 2 lety

      The FCC don't bother me 'cause I'm a Slenderman!

  • @TheJedaiHero9000
    @TheJedaiHero9000 Před 2 lety

    Been enjoying watching your content here throughout 2021 and really looking forward towards more in 2022
    Have a Happy New Year, EC Henry

  • @katelinyoung414
    @katelinyoung414 Před 2 lety +1

    My grandparents live in Bolinas and my grandma always tells me stories of how George would go to Bolinas to get away from things sometimes. My mom also said she saw him at a Bolinas houseparty right before Empire Strikes Back was released!

  • @DocGadget11
    @DocGadget11 Před 2 lety +7

    Now I’m wondering if that radio station is still around and is operating with a low power radio antenna to avoid the FCC.

  • @nathanishungryanimations7206

    These little details are so cool! I absolutely love how much love the designers put into the props and effects.

  • @arcticdino1650
    @arcticdino1650 Před 2 lety +5

    Radio Free Bolinas's signal was clearly much larger than they realized, even farther than 10 miles. Somehow it reached a whole other galaxy

  • @harrydurose9608
    @harrydurose9608 Před rokem +1

    This may become the home planet of my head canon faction. Tbh I have taken way too much inspiration from you this channel but what you do is so amazing I cannot help myself.

  • @KingKrab
    @KingKrab Před 2 lety

    Always love the little details you find in decades old stuff, great work as always :)

  • @shawnmarchand1737
    @shawnmarchand1737 Před 2 lety +1

    Absolutely love your content, keep up the good work man👍🏻

  • @MSUTri
    @MSUTri Před 2 lety +1

    Hey, it's Colonel Salm and Lieutenant Telsij!
    I believe both were first named in the Star Wars CCG Death Star II expansion in 2000, which has since been reclassified as legends - but both have been re-canonized since then.

  • @uprightape100
    @uprightape100 Před 2 lety +3

    Geology note: the Bolinas Lagoon sits on and was created by the San Andreas Fault, currently primed for an 8.0 quake. In 1906, the land west of the fault moved an impressive 22 feet relative to the land on the east side, in a matter of seconds.

  • @therandals
    @therandals Před 2 lety +1

    Grew up in the area in the '60s, '70s, & '80s. Used to drive by Skywalker Ranch on our way out to Stinson Beach and Point Reyes...

  • @davidfrend
    @davidfrend Před 2 lety +1

    I've started making patches and buttons for my punk rock Star wars cosplay, and an RFB button should be perfect!

  • @TheTrognation
    @TheTrognation Před 2 lety +3

    This'd be something that'd be perfect for a deep cut short story from the Certain Point of View Return of the Jedi novel, rivalling Fake Wedge or the unnamed Imperial officer from the first two

  • @Tom-vy4uw
    @Tom-vy4uw Před 2 lety

    Just stumbled upon your channel, amazing videos! I'll definitely pick up some stuff from the shop soon 😁 and happy new , year btw 😅

  • @spergicide97
    @spergicide97 Před 2 lety +5

    Maybe their radio frequency just traveled further than they thought.

    • @MistahFox
      @MistahFox Před 2 lety

      This is the best theory I've seen.

  • @NealWalter
    @NealWalter Před 2 lety +1

    I grew up near Bolinas in the 70s, after watching your video I asked my dads old neighbor about this, he made the first stormtrooper helmets in ‘77. And he said he hadn’t heard of this but that they “did stuff like that all the time.”
    Fun fact: Skywalker Ranch is on Lucas Valley Road but the name is just a coincidence, it was called that before George ever moved there.

    • @idyll23
      @idyll23 Před 2 lety

      Big Mesa kid?

    • @NealWalter
      @NealWalter Před 2 lety +1

      @@idyll23 I had to google that. No, but in Mill Valley : )

  • @andrewbeeco967
    @andrewbeeco967 Před 2 lety +1

    Can you break down how you design and construct ships? Perhaps a 3 part instructional video where you show how you model, texture, and render a model?

  • @jeffreycarman2185
    @jeffreycarman2185 Před 2 lety

    I love your attention to detail. The Star Wars galaxy is so rich with detail that could otherwise go unnoticed. Thank you

  • @sartainja
    @sartainja Před 2 lety

    Superb attention to detail. I love it. Thank goodness we have the internet to share information.

  • @JoshBernhard
    @JoshBernhard Před 2 lety

    Your videos are just amazing. Thanks for the work you do ;)

  • @Steven_Andreyechen
    @Steven_Andreyechen Před 2 lety +2

    This logo is even included on the Lego mini-figure of the B-wing pilot, although the outside text is not included the RFB in the red circle is.

  • @Novasky2007
    @Novasky2007 Před 2 lety +3

    I'm not saying it was him, but my uncle was a prop guy for lucasfilm, he was also an amature radio enthusiast and did all the remote control electronics on R2D2 and he used to go out to California...

  • @HH-xyz123
    @HH-xyz123 Před 2 lety +2

    It was Walter Murch, sound director for Lucasfilm. He lived in Bolinas. I myself was a DJ, late Saturday nights.

  • @peterpeter4178
    @peterpeter4178 Před 2 lety +7

    idk why but the word Bolinas sounds funny to me

    • @themadladorian4364
      @themadladorian4364 Před 2 lety +1

      Reminds me of A m o g u s

    • @w1987g
      @w1987g Před 2 lety +1

      With as many times he said it, it got funny Bolinas, bolinasbolinasbolinas

    • @InventorZahran
      @InventorZahran Před 2 lety +2

      Bolinas, Bol-in-as, ball in ass.

    • @peterpeter4178
      @peterpeter4178 Před 2 lety

      @@InventorZahran oh that is why

  • @paulosborne6517
    @paulosborne6517 Před 2 lety +2

    Heck, yeah..! Given how the Rebels were scattered / hidden and constantly having to relocate, having pirate relay beacons on obscure planets to connect different outposts would be essential. You've pretty much got a story here like John Carpenter's 'The Fog', except the ghosts are Imperial Scout Troopers out to discover and destroy rebel infrastructure.

  • @EpicJasonX9000
    @EpicJasonX9000 Před 2 lety +1

    I'm glad someone finally covered Gray Squadron in some way, shape, or form since they tend to be overlooked and overshadowed by Gold Squadron. I was never aware of this fact and I'm glad I know a little more about Star Wars from the production side of things. in either case, I'm just happy that Gray Leader himself, Horton Salm, got some level of coverage even if it is just based on a logo on his helmet. ^-^

  • @basedcommodore
    @basedcommodore Před 2 lety

    Good one. I met one of the original ILM guys when I lived in Marin County. Very cool dude. Nice investigative work

  • @ChineduOpara
    @ChineduOpara Před 2 lety

    This is a very well-crafted *commercial* . It *intrigued* and *informed* me, thus making me feel I am ordering the item or service with *reason* and *purpose* . More ads should be like this.

  • @ThreeProphets
    @ThreeProphets Před 2 lety +3

    When talking about continuity, we almost always have a category for inconsequential, obviously lore-breaking easter eggs that have no bearing on the actual universe. This pretty clearly fits into that category. A similar example would be the presence of the race from E.T. on the Galactic Senate in The Phantom Menace. This can't mean E.T. is set in the Star Wars universe because it takes place on Earth, which poses way too many questions to be compatible

    • @alfredvickers4054
      @alfredvickers4054 Před 2 lety +3

      In ET's case it makes sense. ET has powers reminiscent of the Force, and when he sees a kid dressed as Yoda, he gets excited and starts shouting, "Home! Home!" But it is curious that there are Star Wars toys and costumes which mean that Star Wars is a movie series in the world of ET. The logical conclusion is that somehow George Lucas became aware of real events in another galaxy and depicted them on film, and ET's race is indeed from that galaxy far, far away. The films are accurate enough for ET to recognize Yoda's race based on a children's Halloween costume.
      Maybe Earthlings are descended from a group of explorers who were daring enough to traverse the space between galaxies, but over time their origins and the Force itself were more or less forgotten, only partially remembered in myths and legends. But now that ET has made contact, he can reintroduce us to our past and heal the rift between us and the Force. Or something like that. THAT should have been the sequel to ET, not that horrible planned script where the kids were abducted and tortured by evil members of ET's race until ET himself suddenly showed up at the end to save them. My idea would be a much more interesting sequel.

  • @celiovicenteribeirofilho9740

    Excellent research work.

  • @digitalmagicAR
    @digitalmagicAR Před 2 lety

    Wow. Such details! Good job!

  • @starsilverinfinity
    @starsilverinfinity Před 2 lety +1

    Imagine having your irl radio station shut down so you just rebirth it in your fictional universe

  • @The_Viscount
    @The_Viscount Před 2 lety +1

    I'm forwarding this to Rafferty's current project, a local, Bolinas newspaper. Figure he'd like to know his project is remembered.

  • @idyll23
    @idyll23 Před 2 lety +5

    Bolinas was also home to KPH, Marconi’s (so called inventor of radio) giant west coast receiving station. In 1913 it was capable of receiving signals from across the pacific. Nearby in Marshall, CA, the transmitting station sat. It was all seized during wartime and replaced with RCA equipment.
    Bolinas has a long story of being home to communications.

    • @earthknight60
      @earthknight60 Před 2 lety

      And there is the the old VLF system used for communicating with submarines out between Abbot's Lagoon and Drake's Estuario, as well as the KPH marine radio center right next to it.

    • @KuK137
      @KuK137 Před rokem +1

      REAL inventor, the fact that tesla was salty and lied later he was totes first (without having any proof, at that) changes nothing...

  • @MikesFoggyIdea
    @MikesFoggyIdea Před 2 lety +1

    These little Easter eggs just keep popping up after all these years, I love it.

  • @pills-
    @pills- Před 2 lety +1

    "No, Mr. Mayor, no one outside a one mile radius should be able to hear our broadcast."
    Meanwhile, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

  • @thelonious2213
    @thelonious2213 Před 2 lety +1

    I have the 2014 LEGO B-wing set, and the decal showing RFB is present on the pilot minifigure's helmet.

  • @cmdrbratliff6226
    @cmdrbratliff6226 Před 2 lety +1

    Radio Free Bolinas, Bringing Tunes and the Truth to the Colonies.
    Our line up for the next hour is:
    "Mad About Me" Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes with
    "Sound of Freedom" from the Roche Liberation Choir
    "No Bomma, No Cry" From the Coolio Claw Fish
    And finally a special broadcast of "The Declaration of the Rebel Alliance" read by our very own Cro Magwell in his native Aqualish!
    Time is 14:00 Galactic

  • @marcelsirer
    @marcelsirer Před 2 lety

    I knew about that looking at pilot decals. I remember finding something about the radio it was very litlle. Thankyou dor the story

  • @owenmergliano8160
    @owenmergliano8160 Před 2 lety +2

    Maybe Radio Free Bolinas is an anomaly being studied by rebel scientists after a discovery during the galactic civil war. It could be some sort of breakthrough radio transmission hat went across dimensions into the star wars universe, and the rebellion could se it as some sort of wormhole to abundant resorces and uncharted space to hide in.

  • @Skwertydogs
    @Skwertydogs Před 2 lety

    I never knew I needed to know this but I'm glad I do now.

  • @sevenoh70
    @sevenoh70 Před 2 lety +3

    Any info on the bat wing version of the rebel insignia seen on the chin of another pilot wearing the same kind of helmet? Wookiepedia calls the guy Ekelarc Yong

  • @KairuHakubi
    @KairuHakubi Před 2 lety +5

    just when you think the FCC couldn't get anymore douchey
    confiscating equipment and padlocking the building.. literally everything BUT what they're legally allowed to do in a situation like that.

    • @Jabberwockybird
      @Jabberwockybird Před 2 lety +1

      That goes against the right of a person to be free from unlawful search and seizure.

  • @ryanalaska8570
    @ryanalaska8570 Před 2 lety

    This is one of my favorite stories about star wars behind the scenes

  • @inthert8118
    @inthert8118 Před 2 lety

    Felt like I was watching a HAI (Half As Interesting) video for a minute there. Fascinating stuff!

  • @braveintofuture
    @braveintofuture Před 2 lety +2

    This is absolutely bolinas!

  • @jamiewalsh3349
    @jamiewalsh3349 Před 2 lety +1

    Gray Squadron must've consisted of former radio presenters before joining the Rebellion

  • @retrobob3802
    @retrobob3802 Před 2 lety

    I love that this detail of information is found/known and find it interesting. I'm not convinced there is value in that next step of trying to think up in universe reasons for it though!

  • @timothymcnaughton531
    @timothymcnaughton531 Před 2 lety

    I don't think it matters if this little artifact is able to be shoehorned into the storyline or not. I just love the fact that obviously one of the prop guys was either a huge fan of the station or just had the sticker lying around and decided to use it on something.
    We'll probably never find out, and I actually think that is great.

  • @luiscolin7775
    @luiscolin7775 Před 6 měsíci

    To possibly add to your head canons;
    Bolinas is a Plural, so you can add to the story that its not a planet, but like a system of many, or a series of Moon;
    "The Bolinas moons" or, the "Bolinas mountains" or the "bolinas islands"
    (bolina, Spanish, from, Bowline) nautical term for certain ropes, or rope arrangements

  • @ErokLobotomist
    @ErokLobotomist Před 2 lety

    Pretty darned cool. I've watched that movie so many times over the years and never even noticed it.

  • @jimijay9323
    @jimijay9323 Před 2 lety

    Hey, love the videos! I had 2 questions.
    1 what do you use for your 3D models? Blender or something else?
    And 2, in your video about Luke throwing the lightsaber, yoda says that the force is only used for defence and I wonder if that is actually true or if other jedi broke this rule... Maybe a good video idea :)
    Anyway keep up the great work man!

  • @jaybingham3711
    @jaybingham3711 Před 2 lety +1

    While it most likely is a real-life repurposed item used by the design team, it doesn't follow that it cracks the door for a linkage to the SW universe. The only word that can be made out is Bolinas. I don't believe that word has been used in any of the movies. Without such usage to establish context, it could be anything from a planet to a helmet maker to a made-up name from a SWU comic book (or movie) akin to how military pilots adopt unit names.

  • @isa0005
    @isa0005 Před 2 lety

    Love this so much!

  • @martoto77
    @martoto77 Před 2 lety +2

    It’s no more “reality breaking” than the name of the Millennium Falcon. Are falcons a species that also exist in the Star Wars universe?

    • @torg2126
      @torg2126 Před 2 lety

      Yes, there's also cinder hawks

    • @martoto77
      @martoto77 Před 2 lety

      @@torg2126 “Then I’ll see you in HELL!” ;)

  • @roflguy114
    @roflguy114 Před 2 lety +1

    Io could also be taken as Lo, Lo free bolinas. That's doesn't sound right
    Maybe the pilot is from or pays tribute to a rebel cell known as bolinas the planet. And grey squadron likely served a tour to save bolinas.
    And perhaps even it is a holonet station.

  • @g1stylempdesign929
    @g1stylempdesign929 Před 2 lety

    I like the KPFA decal on that Tie Fighter in ESB

  • @spaceflight1019
    @spaceflight1019 Před 2 lety

    People still get in trouble with the FCC for putting pirate radio stations on the air, usually FM radio stations. Relatively powerful transmitters are cheap and available online, and they require no more skills to set up than a CB radio base station. Connect them to a computer and off you go.
    The FCC used to have a category of low-powered community service FM radio stations and RFB would have certainly fallen into that category. I don't know if it's still possible.
    The problem is that in order to stay competitive the FCC has given AM stations the right to use FM translators and those have been slotted where pirates have traditionally operated, in between the local stations.

  • @aaronmarks9366
    @aaronmarks9366 Před 2 lety +1

    Small note, Marin County is pronounced "ma-RIN" rather than "MAIR-in".
    Other that, super interesting vid! I never even noticed that sticker, for all the times I watched ROTJ. Also never knew about the radio station, though I was born in the 80s so it was before my time. I wonder if older neighbors or my old teachers remember it.

  • @LiamBrazier
    @LiamBrazier Před 2 lety +1

    This is a great little video but I can’t imagine for one minute that the text was “clearly legible” in 1983.

  • @veer7948
    @veer7948 Před 2 lety

    Ur shop is dope man! Did you explain what the other logos mean? I looked for i and i found the Snowspeeder-sticker in the movie. I cant make up what it means tho.. yould be great to know. If u tell me, id consider buying the tee ;)

  • @pocketheart1450
    @pocketheart1450 Před 2 lety +2

    "There's so much interesting story telling potential here!" Dude sometimes it's just a fucking helmet.

  • @TheInselaffen
    @TheInselaffen Před 2 lety

    Need that t-shirt merch, EC.

  • @muhammadhabibieamiro3639
    @muhammadhabibieamiro3639 Před 2 lety +1

    Another amazing video

  • @ThePCguy17
    @ThePCguy17 Před 2 lety +1

    It was probably an in-joke in the prop room, especially if the logo appeared twice. "You can take our radio waves, but you can't take our logo! Long live Radio Free Bolinas!" Or something like that. It makes perfect sense that the Rebellion, being full of rebels, would have a few logos championing such a cause. So they messed it up a bit, made sure what was still visible made in-universe sense (the 'Bolinas is his home planet' theory was probably the intended explanation for any curious fan to arrive at) and sat back to salute their immortalization of Radio Free Bolinas when Star Wars blew up in popularity so thoroughly that you'd have to wipe out human civilization and then some to be sure all the copies are destroyed.

  • @TheRedHeadDread
    @TheRedHeadDread Před 2 lety

    So freaking awesome!!

  • @tacticalmattfoley
    @tacticalmattfoley Před 2 lety

    Lucas modelers did all kinds of weird stuff like that. You should see the Millennium Falcon Perfect Grade Model Kit sticker sheet. It has things like "Champion" stickers and other hot-rod moto type-stuff on it. It's really funny considering how Han thought of the Falcon.

  • @Soyofdarknes
    @Soyofdarknes Před 2 lety

    Hello, I just found your channel, I suggest you to explore the ships in the old game Star Wars Rebellion, a lot of interesting things in the encyclopedia inside the game.

  • @robertgould1345
    @robertgould1345 Před 2 lety +1

    Well, with New York being canon, with some connection to Anakin's lightsabre, a radio station may as well be part of Star Wars.